Distemper

Definitions

1. A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
   countable, uncountable
2. A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
3. A glue-based paint.
   countable, uncountable
4. A painting produced with this kind of paint.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“O perplex'd diſcompoſition, O ridling diſtemper, O miſerable condition of Man.”

“[M]y spirits began to sink⟳ under the Burden of a strong Distemper, and Nature was exhausted with the Violence of the Fever […]”

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